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Emergency Assistance - EA - Rice County Social Services

1651 Jefferson Parkway, Suite 110, Northfield, MN 55057

Eligibility

Families with low income who are residents of Rice County

Required documents

Application/registration form birth certificate driver's license eviction notice health insurance card mail with current address picture ID proof of address proof of citizenship/passport proof of household income Social Security card/number

Hours

8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(800)422-1286

Voice - cr

https://www.ricecountymn.gov/349/Public-assistance-programs
[email protected]

Interpretation services

Interpreters available; Somali; Spanish

Application process

Call; walk in; apply online at https://mnbenefits.mn.gov/

Service area

Rice County, MN

Other Information

Languages

Somali
Spanish

Application Process

Walk In

Program Fees

No Fee

Description

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. ?Short-term, one-time grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.

Last Assured

03/19/2026

Providing organization

Rice County Social Services

County family services agency